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The Day of His Noodly Appendage

The holiest of holidays for Pastafarians, is of course the birthday of His Most Holy Prophet, Marco Polo (b. Sept 15, 1254), who brought the word of his Noodly Appendage back from the East. As Talk Like A Pirate Day falls on September 19th, this five-day period constitutes Holy Pasta Week, during which spaghetti is consumed liberally. With a nice Chianti until the last day when it’s grog for all.

Position: 16.7N 52.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [285°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [100 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1002 mb ↓.

Currently about 650 miles [1045 km] East of the Leeward Islands.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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This is an actual e-mail sent to me and it has all of the warning signs of a scam.

The from “James” with Nina’s gmail account. Legitimate business e-mails use business e-mail addresses.

The subject line list an “Invoice ID from PayPal”. PayPal uses Transaction ID that is a combination of letters and numbers almost 20 characters long and adds their “double P” graphic to everything.

It is Geek Squad from Best Buy not ‘Geek Tech PC support’.

Now the pressure: you are going to have almost $400 taken from your account if you don’t call the telephone number within 24 hours. If you call them they steal more than that from your account.

At the end you have a different name and they almost get Geek Squad correct.

There is a lot of this garbage going on at the moment targeting “Senior Citizens”.

Full test of the e-mail below the fold [Read more →]

September 11^th, 2001

In the intervening years we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars, trampled on peoples rights, created huge new government bureaucracies, and can’t respond as well as the third world to a natural disaster.

It seems like we are constantly being told that every new group that appears anywhere is capable of another 9/11 attack, so what is the point if we are no safer?

Richard Clarke: “Your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. And I failed you. We tried hard. But that doesn’t matter, because we failed. And for that failure, I would ask, once all the facts are out, for your understanding and for your forgiveness.“

Position: 43.6N 52.6W [ 4:00PM CDT 2100UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [025°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 85 mph [140 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 485 miles [780 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 90 miles [150 km].
Minimum central pressure: 964 mb ↑.

Currently about 215 miles [ 345 km] South of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 38.1N 55.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northeast [045°] near 29 mph [46 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph [165 kph].
Wind Gusts: 120 mph [195 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 275 miles [445 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 80 miles [130 km].
Minimum central pressure: 954 mb.

Currently about 610 miles [ 985 km] South-Southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 31.3 63.7W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [030°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 90 mph [150 kph].
Wind Gusts: 105 mph [170 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 185 miles [295 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 964 mb ↑.

Currently about 95 miles [ 150 km] Southeast of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 47.9N 31.0W [10:00AM CDT 1500UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [020°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 65 mph [100 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Minimum central pressure: 973 mb ↑.

Currently about 715 miles [1145 km] North-Northwest of the Azores.

This is the final public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 27.2N 65.5W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North [010°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 100 mph [155 kph].
Wind Gusts: 115 mph [185 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [240 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 970 mb ↓.

Currently about 355 miles [ 570 km] South of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect Bermuda.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 45.6N 32.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northeast [055°] near 17 mph [28 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 975 mb ↑.

Currently about 605 miles [ 975 km] North-Northwest of the Azores.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 24.8N 65.8W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 7 mph [11 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph [130 kph].
Wind Gusts: 95 mph [155 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 40 miles [ 65 km].
Minimum central pressure: 985 mb.

Currently about 520 miles [ 840 km] South of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Bermuda.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 42.7N 39.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [060°] near 13 mph [20 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 85 mph [135 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles [280 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 987 mb ↑.

Currently about 725 miles [1170 km] West-Northwest of the Azores.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 22.9N 65.2W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 7 mph [11 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph [110 kph].
Wind Gusts: 85 mph [135 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 miles [165 km].
Minimum central pressure: 991 mb ↓.

Currently about 650 miles [1045 km] South of Bermuda.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 41.6N 42.6W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northeast [035°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph [130 kph].
Wind Gusts: 95 mph [155 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [240 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 980 mb ↑.

Currently about 865 miles [1390 km] West-Northwest of the Azores.

The storm has probably peaked and will be weakening over the cooler water of the North Atlantic.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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